Thank you to each and every one of you who played along with us in this challenge and especially to oursponsor Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet!Be sure to check out our latest challengeThink Warm Thoughts which you can find HERE, and be sure to stop back on Saturday to see whoare our latest Saturday Spotlight picks.Our next Anything Goes, "almost month long" challengekicks off on Wednesday February 5 - hope to see you there!

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Hi Cindy here, and I hope I have a challenge that will help is keep warm and wish for spring. Since so many of us are suffering from the cold, I thought it would be fun to "Think Warm Thoughts." For this challenge, please share with us a project that keeps you warm. It can be pictures of flowers, spring/summer activities, Easter, or something that helps keep you warm in the cold.

Hello! My name is Kathy Jo and my blog home is I'm a Little Teapot. My blog shows a little bit of my crafty world: cards using dies, inks, bows and pretty papers. I consider crafting as one of life's many enjoyments. Most nights I am in my crafty room late experimenting with stamps, playing with ink, die cutting a lot of paper, making messes...and occasionally making a card that is suitable to post on my blog. :)

I just started really blogging last January and since then I have met the most amazing crafters!

Every day I visit blogs and challenges to admire all of the creative projects.

It truly is an honor today to be a guest designer on Crafting by Designs. The design team is super

talented and nice...a perfect combination that reflects the Crafting by Designs challenge blog!"

Thank you to our Guest Designers for joining us this week and makingsuch wonderful projects, and a great big thank you toOak Pond Creations for being our sponsor this week. One lucky winner will receive their choice of 3 digi imagesfrom their Etsy store.This challenge will be open until February 4, 2014. Please read our rules - this challengeis limited to 5 entries per person and must be linked from theirblog to this challenge.We can't wait to see what you make!

As you can see, it was not an easy task to make the final choice!I was surprised to see more simple elegant cards than very flowery cards! Take some time to visit the blogs of everyone in the spotlight!

You will be inspired and get some excellent ideas! And don't forget to leave some love!

Please make sure that you link only your blog post, not your blog, not your photo,

as well as linking back to the challenge! We can only spotlight you if you link back to us in your post

If there is a twist, we spotlight only those that followed the twist

and mentioned it in their link or post.

If you are one of our favourites, grab your badge here:

Don't forget about our current challenges:

Anything Goes!This is the first of our new almost month long challenges.You have 25 days to enter any project!

Get Your Girl On Challenge!Our regular weekly challenge with a theme!

Do come and join in the challenges, you might win something

or the Spotlight might be on you next time!

Hugs

RenePS. Like our Facebook Page & follow us on Pinterest!Link your spotlight creations!We would love to share your creativity!. Thanks for your support, it is always fun to get feedback!

Please Note:

Saturday Spotlight is a Just for Fun way of giving recognition to our loyal entrants/followers﻿

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Hello there, it's me Sharon. How is everyone doing? Most of us here on the East Coast are heading into our second deep freeze of the year, the perfect kind of weather for staying indoors and playing with paper. I am going to challenge all of you this week to Get Your Girl On!Anything Girl, Girly Girl, Pinks, Purples, Flower Power, Bling it up! Show us your best Girl Creations.

We have a fabulous sponsor this week, All Dressed Up Stamps and they are offering up an awesome prize. One lucky winner will have their choice of 3 Digi Stamps.

Hi I am Wendy Burns I live in Nottingham UK with my husband and two children who have been the inspiration behind the characters, in particular my daughter who has kept me up-to-date with blogging and trends. I work predominantly within the textile children’s wear market, fashion and interiors.

I trained as a textile designer and although my work is digital based, I love to retain that hand drawn /sewn feel which I hope comes across in my artwork.

Digital stamps is a new challenge for me and the opportunity to work with the All Dressed Up Team and has been very exciting, in particular the creative way my characters have been given individual personalities by the designers .

All Dressed Up is a newly launched blog with an enthusiastic team who are passionate about stamping. The coordinators Marilyn and Tracy along with an amazing design team are also known as The Dressy Girls.

We have a friendly Facebook page, regular blog posts, tutorials, challenges and freebies .The stamps can be purchased from the Etsy shop which is updated on a monthly basis. We really are friendly bunch and would love to see your creations so please feel free to contact us and visit the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog.

All Dressed Up Stamps generously gifted our design team a few of their images and below are what our creative minds have come up with:

This week we welcome another fabulous Guest Designer to Crafting by Designs. Please say hello to Sanja Grdinić and go check out her beautiful work on her blog at Kartolina

My name is Sanja and I live in a tranquille little town on the island of Krk in Croatia.

I am a proud mom of two and work as a kindergarten teacher in my hometown.Even though I started with card making back at college, it became what it is today about three years ago. And just last year I bought my first Spectrum Noir pens, and seriously, I was like a kid in a candy shop. Then I bought some more... I love every minute that I steal from my RL to

color and create because it makes me paceful and happy.

And the best thing of all is to give a card to someone dear and receive a smile. Priceless!

Hi There! I'm so excited to be working with Crafting by Designs as a guest designer today! My name is Tracey and I live in Manitoba, Canada on a small acreage with one dog and three cats! I am a stay at home mom who has been married for 18 years. My husband and I have 2 wonderful children...a daughter (10) and a son (8). When I'm not busy cooking, cleaning or driving our children around, you will find my in my basement craft room creating a card or two."

I'm sure you are all now so inspired!

Go grab all those flower stamps & digis and papers and wow us!

Please add a direct link to your flowery projects to the linky below.

Please remember:

There is a limit of 5 entries per person for our regular weekly challenges.

Link to your blog post/project, not your blog or photo only.Please link back to the challenge!

This challenge will be open until January 21, 2014.And don't forget about our "almost month long"Anything Goes challenge that is open untilJanuary 25th - HERE